MP Theodore Sekikubo 

The Member of Parliament for Manjiya county in Bududa district John Baptist Nambeshe said that if Anite does not stop her move to abrogate the constitution  and the appointing authority is not taking action will mobilize mps  signature to censure her.

The MPs asked the UPDF to come out and speak out over this controversial issue which is   tinting their image in public.

The woman member of parliament for kumi municipality monica Amoding question whether the president in his youthful years could have been confortable seeing people amending the constitution to remove age limit.

The MP for Dokolo south Felix Okot and mp for kasanda north Patrick Nsamba  said that if the age limit removal from the constitution is right ,it should have been first cleared by the NRM party leadership and added that there a number of NRM mps opposed to the  age limit issue but are still fearing.

Lwemiya county  Thodore Sekikubo said that the group agitating for age limit removal should bring a report showing the number of each area support in the whole country  if they have a genuine cause.

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Evelyn Anite the State Minister for Investments

The Minister of State for Investment and Privatization, Evelyn Anite, has revealed that investment brokers are approaching her almost on daily basis to bribe her not to expose investors to information that they are entitled to free land.

She disclosed this while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Finance to defend the investment code bill 2017.

Anite asked the Parliamentary Finance Committee t to approve the Investment code bill 2017 to cut off the middle men who have been fueling corruption in the process of attraction of investors in the country.

She told the committee that she gets attempts for corruption from middle men who bring investors almost on daily basis and when she blocks them is accused being unfair them.

Anite said that the new investment code bill which is under scrutiny will eliminate corruption since there will be one stop center to clear and verify investors  to do away with investment brokers  who have been promoting corruption yet they are not even recorganised by any law.

The Minister of State for Planning, David Bahati, said that the bill under review states that no foreign investor will be allowed to invest or participate in the operation of any investment activity in Uganda before registration with the authority and those who contravene the provision will be fined 20 million shillings or be jailed for a period not exceeding four years or both.

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Locals mining gold in Mubende. They have vowed to defy President Museveni’s directive to evict them.

Gold Artisanal miners in Mubende have petitioned Parliament protesting the President’s order evicting them from their land favoring the investor Gemstone mining company.

The petition follows an order by President Yoweri Museveni, who recently accepted the eviction of about 25000 artisan minors from five square kilometers so that the land can be given to an investor who is currently said to won about 207 square kilometers.

The group from affected areas led by the area their Members of Parliament who included that for  Bukeya County, Kasanda North MP, Patrick Nsamba and Buwekula County MP, Joseph Kakooza handed over the petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga.

The Chairperson of Mubende Artisanal Miners, Robert Sempewo, pleaded with  Parliament to write to the President to reverse the earlier decision of evicting them from their land.

MPs from Mubende say that the President was misled by the Minister of State for Privatization, Evelyn Anite, and a Senior State House Official, Getrude Njuba, who introduced to him the investor of  Gamstone mining company .

The group accused Minister Anita of blocking them from accessing the president to hear their side before giving their land to the investor.

Kadaga, says that will forward the gold artisan miners petition to the President, adding that there should be a law regulating artisan miners so as are protected.

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“You should get involved in productive sectors such as agriculture for wealth creation through big or small enterprises such as maize mills, weaving, textiles, services such as hotels and shops, motor cycles (Boda bodas) and through ICT,” he said.

The President was addressing a group of NRM Youth Chairpersons from Central Region at a meeting held at State House Entebbe.

The Central Region Youth MP Patrick Nakabale who led the delegation commended the president for making time to meet with them and said that they are committed to supporting government programmes in as far as wealth creation and industrialization goes for the benefit of all Ugandans.

Hon. Rose Namayanja the new NRM party Treasurer and former Minister of Information at and National Guidance and the Northern Youth MP Evelyn Anite who is also the newly appointed Minister of State for Children and Youth Affairs attended the meeting.

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Evelyn Anite, Northern Uganda

Speaking to journalists at parliament Anite said that the students loan scheme will not yield any results because students will fear borrowing money after knowing that they won’t get jobs easily.

The Government has finalised plans of giving loans to university students for their tuition as the way of helping those who can manage paying their tuition.

This loan was however not considered in the budget of this financial year but the minister of finance in her budget speech said that money for the student loan scheme will be appropriated in the next financial year.

Anite said that since the loan is to be given to the youth government should first give them the assurance that after school, the students will easily get jobs. She said that her projection is that the youth will still fear to get the loan if the situation of unemployment is still the same.

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